{"id":828707,"date":"2026-03-23T07:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828707\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:33:38","slug":"fans-agree-with-antonio-brown-saying-injury-prone-qb-joe-burrow-shouldnt-be-playing-flag-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828707\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Agree With Antonio Brown Saying Injury-Prone QB Joe Burrow Shouldn&#8217;t Be Playing Flag Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/theshadowleague.com\/talking-about-3-1-like-joey-burrow-aint-send-his-a-home-draymond-green-adds-more-fuel-to-the-joe-burrow-vs-pat-mahomes-debate\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"204909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Joe Burrow<\/a> had fans squirming as he participated in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic on Saturday in Los Angeles. The talented but oft-injured star signal caller was out there playing hard and didn\u2019t have any restrictions, while giving nearly every single Bengals fan a heart attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Burrow really out here risking it all for flag football \ud83c\udfc8 this look like a setup lol how to transition from tackle football smdh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LA MAQUINA DE SOMBRAS (@FANalyst1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FANalyst1\/status\/2035545475181387785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burrow\u2019s competitive fire showed out in the event, and even drew the ire of former NFL player Antonio Brown. The mercurial former wide receiver took to X to say this about Burrow\u2019s play:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just going for the injury settlement at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burrow Says He Wants To Grow The Game, Play In Olympics<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters at the event this week, the former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback at LSU had plenty to say about why he decided to participate in the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to play in the Olympics. I\u2019ve never necessarily played an Olympic sport before, so when this got announced, I was pretty excited about it,\u201d Burrow said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe opportunity to win a gold medal (is) something that I\u2019ve thought about \u2014 a moment like that \u2014 for a long time, since I was a kid. I think it would be something very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans Had Plenty To Say About Burrow Playing\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking supremely athletic in the event, Burrow\u2019s play had fans all over social media talking, with many agreeing and disagreeing with him playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dude wasn\u2019t this athletic in the playoffs what gives,\u201d a fan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching him plant on that knee is giving me the same stress as watching people ignore tornado warnings,\u201d another fan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurrow playing like this is Week 17 and the division title on the line,\u201d another fan mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter to go out that way than via Myles Garrett,\u201d a fan quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the most fun he\u2019s had in years,\u201d another fan spewed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnthony Burrow Davis is made out of glass. Be careful,\u201d a fan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all fairness he\u2019s getting better blocking here,\u201d another fan said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrazy how many of you numbnuts don\u2019t realize the Pro Bowl is a flag football game,\u201d another fan mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s Next For Burrow?<\/p>\n<p>As he enters his seventh season Burrow is looking to shed the injury-prone label. As he returns from a grade 3 turf toe injury that limited him to just eight games last season, \u201cJoe Cool,\u201d as he\u2019s affectionately known, looks primed for a huge year if the Bengals\u2019 shoddy offensive line can keep him upright.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/theshadowleague.com\/joe-burrow-si-model-olivia-ponton-olivia-holzmacher-love-triangle-bengals-qb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Lack Of Privacy Has Been Difficult For Me\u2019: Joe Burrow\u2019s Home Invasion Exposed Possible Olivia Love Triangle Involving 23-Year-Old Sports Illustrated Model<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When healthy Burrow has shown that he can lead the Bengals to the biggest stage, but that hasn\u2019t happened since that magical run to the 2022 Super Bowl. In a small sample size last year the 2020 No. 1 overall pick passed for 17 touchdowns and just five interceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In six seasons he\u2019s passed for nearly 21,000 yards, 157 touchdowns and 51 interceptions. He reached his career-high for yards and touchdowns in 2024 with\u00a04918 yards and 43 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had fans squirming as he participated in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[6086,228,227,256,2296,114277,7,1577,6],"class_list":["post-828707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-antonio-brown","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-fanatics-flag-football-classic","tag-football","tag-joe-burrow","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116277335568899150","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}